Host Michael Raines with the MYT engine 2006 LA auto show

[Mors2657]

@mrhkyfan if the fins were enclosed then you could easily watercool it. I was at 2005 sema show when he first announced it and he did run it forced induction up to 120psi if I remember correctly.

[hookitonup]

Such a douchebag! Very wide range as an actor though, everything from cops to chauffeurs!lol

[braders790]

its like a cylindrical internal combustion engine but it uses cleaner fuel

[1BustedMyth]

Facinating design

Personally i cant see any problem that cant be solved on its engineering, given the right amount of persistance, just because something didn't work before does not mean you can't try it again, especially if you have a variation that may solve the problems and or time has gone by and there are more suitable materials available at better prices as happens.

Building the first practical Aeroplane was built ontop of a pile of failures and unavailable engineering technology.

[KDanagger]

Look up swing-piston on engine Wikipedia. This idea has been around for a long time.

Other versions never made it to production for technical reasons. This one has the same problems the others did.

I'm not knocking the spirit of the independent inventor - that is where all the important advances have come from. Unfortunately, this idea is nothing more than a slight variation of an old idea that already failed. Good inventors need to get outside the box and develop completely original ideas.

[a77j94]

omg this is the dude off "The Colony"

[nuttkicked]

Yeah and then 10:1 power decrease. If the power didn't change from changing the ratio we wouldn't use transmissions in the car ! You understand this right ?

[silverbird58]

on top of that fireing every 12 deg of shaft we dont need the heavy flywheel anymore. again piston speed can help but be up..

[Fatoshi000]

This engine is not equivalent as the inventor says it is. MYT engine because of its design has reduced RPM on the output shaft ! It makes that much torque at 800 revolutions per minute. Normal engine in the car makes 7000 and not 700 revolutions per minute. Truly normal engine does make that much torque in first gear. But if you drive your car in first gear it doesn't go fast but has a lot of torque, that's because the RPM on the output shaft is reduced by the transmission.

[sypha0x]

Remember... HP = Torque [ Ft x Lbf ] x RPM / 5252...

the Drive Shaft's Torque is important here not the RPM's.

Basic Horsepower math can tell you how many pounds per feet

can be displaced per each efficient Torque on the Drive Shaft.

This is what's important not the total RPM's...simple logic

[Fatoshi000]

@sypha0x RPM is important If you wanna move the vehicle, wheels need to spin and the faster it spins the faster you go ! Will MYT have same power at 100 miles per hour which approximately 5,000 or more revolutions per minute on the car's wheel. MYT only goes up to 800 revolutions per minute !

[silverbird58]

yea look up edisons comment on ac current and our three phase grid.. "its too dangerious ,cant you see were trying to accoplish something here "  he had side of the story then i say the big three should embrace this gent and all hi hard work. and again the big three could advance the world standard again . if detrot doesnt' some one else will .

[conner068]

thats the guy from the colony on spike tv

[crakrjack]

As for lubrication, the oil can be injected between the piston rings. This engine looks marvelous, Saves space and weight, and with just 15 parts or so would be easy to build.

Hope to see this utilized in the near future.

[dajsinjo]

yes, but it would loose that oil when piston passes exhaust port.

It must be lubricated like wankel or two stroke !

[mrHckyfan]

@dajsinjo

you're right, also, as much as I like this compact idea with an air cooled surface, if he just put an option for water passages through the block, it might attract more attention. Also, why not turbocharge this engine?

[ProtectionDirect]

hahaha it's the dude from Discovery's "The Colony"

[walkingfreak]

haha i know it is

[Fastangboi]

Yeah seeing Michael Raines caught me off guard too.

[originalbrownirish]

how are those pistons going to get lubriction other then oil injection or premixes. it has more problems then a wankel.

[jeb3518]

Isn't it convenient that this guy avoids the one test that would prove that this engine works. A single video of this engine just idling would mean much more then any of the plastic and tin models he has shown up to this point. But that's all he has shown, because that's all he has - plastic toys that barely run on compressed air.

[ingesumadre]

that looks just like an old first war plane motor

[CaliforniaArchitect]

Was this engine ever tested for gas mileage and compared to other engines such as a rotary, and standard piston engines? Since the engine is much ligher and smaller, it seems as if it would allow for extra weight elsewhere in the car such as batteries to make it hybrid. Just an idea.

[soulsearcher009]

I met with this guy back in 2000. He's had opportunities for further development and to get this engine to the market, but is only after money. I'll all for a free market and capitalism, but it won't happen unless he sets his inventor hat and ego aside and work with someone. The Quasiturbine, Quadrarhomb, Rotoblock, etc are all equally qualified to compete against him and have more realistic business goals.

[haylspa]

he has a great ego for a thief, one thing I can promise is it will never make it under a hood of a car! I will make sure of that, it has a perfected sister! one that is not limited to such low rpm's

[asknownashorny7]

okay, now lets see if it acually works, not just hook it up to a compresses air tank to show how it works but now put some gas in it so we can see it work in the real world, not this guys delusion.

[GManGT]

I agree with some of the people here, I've been searching for a video of this engine being tested with fuel but cannot find one. I can't see how the pistons seem to rotate both ways how the combustion will NOT necessarily make the pistons continue rotating in the direction it was intended to turn. For example, if you take two movable objects on a fixed track and set off an explosion right between them; the force of the explosion will make both objects move in the opposite directions.

[tehtud2008]

well usually ideas like this -really good ideas - never sell because they are presented by inventros THAT LOOK LIKE FROM THE MOVIE "INDEBENDENSDAY!"

get a guy to present it, that knows how to sell things and we would have so many cool stuff already!

[stumbo2w]

Why no videos of it running on fuel still? I want this to be real, however, it seems to be bunk.

[Manitobah]

In spite of the Morons who knock this project out of hand. Most motors are tested with compressed air, its much safer. Ive seen videos of it running with fuel, it works.

I am, reminded of the K cycle engine and the Wankle rotary engine.

Both projects died because of technical issues. A friend of mine had a car with the Wankle and that little power plant drive that car like you would not believe.

Get over the idea of a piston moving up and down, see the future.

[djahriman]

Wankel you mean :)

Reminded me of the Rotary and Quasiturbine when I saw this.

Pistonheads have to get their heads out of their pistons. Or their heads out of their arse, whichever one applies.

[Stepanfo1]

@Manitobah "Ive seen videos of  it running with fuel, it works." Really? Where? The one viedeo with extremely noisy engine and clouds of smore - it is powered by air too, that "smoke" are just oil droplets.

[6of6]

This is the kind of advancement that usually ruffles the feathers of the establishment. If the designer isn't careful, someone will buy his patent and hide this from the world forever.

[33vortex]

I would like to see this engine run on gasoline, diesel, whatever in actual combustion cycle instead of compressed air. I just don't believe that this gear mechanism he invented and patented for the engine actually works until they can actually show that it works. It kinda add to credibility if they can run the engine. Stress on the internal gear mechanism might be too great for currently known materials and so the engine might not be practical or even usable.

[gwailo27]

Blah blah blah.... so WHERE IS IT NOW???

[sircraigery]

The oil companies dealt with him, now he has a mansion in the bahamas.... and "lost" the design somehow. haha jk.

[FreeMagneticEnergy]

gwailo27 (1 month ago) S

Blah blah blah.... so WHERE IS IT NOW???

Like all other motors, magnetic or otherwise, nothing ever becomes of these inventions. The invention disappears as well as the inventor(s). Go figure.

However, my engine and I are not going to disappear.

[tsnghost]

um they do have a video of it running i would no b-cuz the man who made it is my step dad

[jickers2]

and barney is my sister

[dajsinjo]

there is one in Zagreb technical museum,

has 4 pistons, not 8 like this one

btw I think I saw spark plug on what that idiot called diesel,or even better: BIO diesel engine

[Jdspitz2]

I was there at the show that day and I spent some time talking with that guy.

And you did see a spark plug but that's because that was the gasoline version of the engine. The diesel version doesn't have the hole for the spark plug.

He said it ran best on bio-diesel because it had excellent lubricating qualities.

The engine makes a clip-clop sound too that sounds like a bunch of horses.

[dajsinjo]

there are lots of similar engines, they differ in mechanism that moves pistons

This guy has patent for some mechanism that includes gears, I think that is bad

[getoffmyinternet]

If it really is that great, they seriously need to get a better, less scary crackpot spokesperson.

Also, it would be nice if they had it actually run for once.

[6of6]

"crackpot spokesperson"? According to your channel you are 21 and yet already sound like a curmudgeonly 80 year old. Good job.

[getoffmyinternet]

Ironic, but kudos on your extensive research. I suppose it is only natural for you to act younger than your age as opposed to older? Forgive me for using apparently obsolete vocabulary, I'll try to dumb down my diction for the internet crowd in the future.

[6of6]

Don't fret. Your diction is dumbed down enough.

[getoffmyinternet]

Touché

[cpchehaibar]

Ingeniously Simple, Yes sir.

[V8Jagnut]

that looks cool but how will it go in the heat (90-120'f)?

[zenebmoamen]

beleive him hes wearing a white coat

[drdave771]

This design was part of an EXTERNAL combustion design from a long time ago. Was not very fuel efficient and it was to complicated to be used on a daily basis.

[r8wing]

Seems feasible to me, it certainly seals better than other rotary engines such as Wankel. But anyways, "spread the word"? What are you Raphiel, some kind of preacher? If that thing works as advertised, why don't you put it onto a truck an take it for a spin at Baja 1000? 850HP is more than enough for a trophy truck of any class, and with less weight and better fuel efficiency it should kick ass. Remember, if you want it mass produced it should first get the attention of the public.

[tc104x]

It simply didn't work. I or others never saw it run on anything but compressed air. It could never seal well enough to have a hot explosion from liquid fuel as we know it. It was never brought before credible testing facilities or even shown to engineers and the such. Basic ideas had very little merit from the get go.

[gabydewilde]

Is he still alive?

[holywdtughguy]

I do not know if he is still alive, I shot this 3 years ago at the LA car show.

His website is gone, and no new info about the

MYT on the internet!!!

[gabydewilde]

They are still in the PESwiki top 100. But, inventors like this always disapear. Nothing ever comes out of it.

Like the MIT plasmatron.

I think the Crower Six Stroke engine is not going to be produced either.

A guy in the UK had tests done by a military contractor on his engine 500 times more efficent as a piston engine. They did want to make mesurements but they begged him not to mention their name.

It's all very pffffft!

[renegade1179]

He has a website

angellabsllc(dot)com

[Flappyization]

@holywdtughguy he is alive he's website is angel labs. there was an update 4 months ago.

[Tanis350]

@gabydewilde Yeah he was in the show The Colony in 2010

[Crozbyguy]

To address what that farmer says in the video about desel or bio-fuel, Ah... hello, we don't need another SHAMEFUL polution pumping, carbon generator piece of crap of any kind, but... if it could run on pure hydrogen.

(these guys don't get it)

There are carbon free methods, USE THEM!

[sarcasmo57]

I love it!

[sstorholm]

It's not hard to bolt on a valvetrain, and the crank-trigger to fire the ignition. The old version I've seen didn't use any valves at all since the combustion-camber moves from intake to exhaust port, sucking in fuel and blowing out gases as the pistons pass by.

[sstorholm]

There's an engine relying on the exact same idea that some local dude built back in the '50's as well here in Jakobstad. His was never mass produced since it required a bigger transmission to work the different pistons, but otherwise the same engine. Glad to see that someone has finally built a mass producible version, it's quite the concept but hard to put into reality.

[fawazr]

I wish I could be that naive again :)

[fawazr]

You're making the same comment on all MYT engine videos. What are you playing at?

[Crazylalalalala]

looks fragile

[DIRTDIRTDIRTNASTY]

i heard this guy got wasted and all of his prototypes were destroyed by an anonymous government agency ~ spread the word ~

[DaBumb]

Can I get 5 of these engines befor the gas companies wack these guy's off? Thanks All I can say is WOW

[drewh0208]

I agree, this is pretty cool, but, since I first discovered this in early 2006, there has been very little change to angellabsllc,com, the inventor's website. Where the forums used to be on their website, there's a message saying that their website host can't continue hosting, and some of other things. Also, they had a not-small liability due back in 2007.

However, one of the email contacts recently changed (which I'm emailing at the moment), so, they're not gone. At least the idea is out.

[drewh0208]

This is what Mr. Kim says they've been doing lately:

"We have been focusing on financing/licensing side for the past year or so, that will enable us to get back to finishing up R&D of the MYT Engine with fuel/endurance/environmental tests.

Thx for your interest and concern. Please stand by."

This message was received within hours of the sending of my email.

[tom6912]

everyone spread the message of this Revolutionary engine, before the Petrol industry tries to kill this engine

[fulcrum2004]

A qualified engineer from California, whom shown its credentials, posted in this guys forum the technical reasons of why this engine wouldn't work. The forum was shutdown 2 days after and the website remains without updating since 2006. :pppp

[fulcrum2004]

A qualified engineer from California, whom shown its credentials, posted in this guys forum the technical reasons of why this engine wouldn't work. The forum was shutdown 2 days after and the website remains without updating since 2006. :pppp

[sspoke]

shioett now you double posted? wanted to win something really quick? haha sorry you failed anyways I have my facts this engine isn't going anywhere this guy who made it was most likely a con man who just wanted to make a quick dollar.

Any inventor knows if they have a idea they already planned the whole blue print in their mind first when if it looks bad or some inefficiency they either look for a way to fix it or just scrap the whole project and forget about this guess what he did NEITHER.

[sspoke]

you just proven how dumb you are lol I can't even understand wtf you written r0fl.

[sspoke]

what a crappy engine not even laughing, subconscious im laughing goes to show you guys people who talk without speech problems are the ones who are actally logicially imbalaced and can't see the flaws in their own design and think its a holy grail or some sort.

Anyone who is actually smart would understand me when they see a closer look at the pistons and im only 20 years old wow this dude is like 50 and soo primitive.

[sspoke]

only thing any inventor has to understand that a radial engine is a scientific max out meaning its been calculated to produce the MAX efficiency possible no one can beat MAX since its maximum, on the other hand radial engines which seem so perfect must have a flaw since its a law of nature, that it would break down way to easy due to the force on the metal rotary piston it self. I've thought a radial engine had problems. These pistons are bolted by the smallest peice of metal i've ever seen

[yobozobill]

this is soo cool!! the concept is so simple it's a wonder why this took so long to be invented?

[blazerblast]

i want to put it in my dirt bike and ride in the dunes,make massive jumps

[waterworkss]

Bolt it on to a 50kva aternator under full load record that, then post another video....I just want to see it WORKING.

[donrov07]

I knew I'd seen him somewhere before,

check out Professor Denzil Dexter from The Fast Show, I'm sure it's him.

[heliarche]

He's got a white coat on so he must be smart

[TomtenT]

Eureca.... ( not )

Just what we need in this catastrophic climate problem era :

 an internal combustion engine ( and largely unprooven, too ) Let me guess : is this one coming from the US of A ?

[Lucien86]

Longevity might not be its thing, but with its large power to size it might make an ideal military engine - for things like missiles or rockets. These need a lot of electrical and mechanical power for a short burst and are mostly stuck with one use high energy batteries so the MYT could be ideal. - It looks like it might miniaturize well.

[11thhourreprieve]

The piston doesn't have equal support around it's circumferrence. The piston itself is quite thin (crown to crown) and could well flex 'out of axis' (due to forces acting on one side then the other) in the bore and either jam or severely score the bore. Regular pistons are supported from the centre at the gudgeon pin which spreads the compression/explosion force equally over the piston crown.

[11thhourreprieve]

He says "at 40 RPM it's still doing some work" but it' not doing any work at all because i's being driven by the pressure of compressed air. Personally, I think the pistons would prove to be the weak point on this engine because they are held in place at the side and would effectively weaken at the connection point. With thirty odd pistons to fail, that's a hefty repair bill!

[dave2288]

I agree. There is also no compression because the pistons are not sealed to the outer edge of the engine by piston rings or something of the sort. No compression = no force, which = no horsepower when the fuel ignites.

[FCastle6969]

Remember the compressed air is replacing the normal air/fuel mixture. What he's saying is if it was running on an air/fuel mixture it would still be able to produce hp at 40rpm. The internal friction is very low, try running your car engine at that speed, I doubt if it would run.

[viking1au]

Won't be convinced until I see it powering a car, lap after lap on a race track. I reckon if it ever goes, it will break real quick.

[baw1baw]

So, this is whats happening to the Future? Disappeared? lets see more please. Cant someone ring this guy up? Has he vanished?

[truefictions]

That is the spirit:)

[honda4004]

that word "simple" does not tally with big business until they can bamboozle us that its hard.

[holywdtughguy]

welcom to the truth about your world and those that control it!!!

[strapped9]

what ever happened to the myt engine anyway. I remember first seeing it long ago and thinking it was ready to market. since then have heard nothing. thanks for the vid and the reminder of the myt. think im going to dig some more up on it.

[432alx]

Yes, what happened to it anyway, this is a 2006 video. The official site seems to have died in 2006 also. I think it is great as an air compressor. It doesn't seem to having any cooling system tho and if you lit it off with diesel and it really puts out that much power, it would meltdown in a matter of minutes.

[holywdtughguy]

do not discount this engine untill you have looked at it as i have, it is air cooled and it can work.

if the powers that be let it happen!!

[432alx]

I'm not saying that it isn't beautiful and a marvel of engineering. I love it. What I'm saying is that it seems to have been "discountinued" without an explanation. I can see that it is air cooled but not with anywhere near enough heat dissapation potential for the claimed power output. It would need a 5 gallon drun of oil or water or both to keep it cool. By the way, how is it lubricated?

[hentaitensai]

If you are using 100% soybean fuel to power it, then the fuel also acts as the lubricant. An in-line oil-cooling radiator is hooked up to the dry sump system if additional cooling is necessary.